Dictionary of Occult Terms

A

Amulet: A consecrated object inscribed with runes or other symbols that
possesses the power to protect a person or thing from threatening
influences,misfortune.(EX.astrological jewelry,stones)Athame: A black-handled ritual knife.Used mostly to draw the Circle and
direct energy during rituals.Aura: A colored light produced by energy that emanates from the bodies
of all living things.

B

Banish: To release or drive away from the power of the magic circle.Bolline: A white-handled working knife used to harvest herbs,cut wands
and carve magickal symbols into candles and talismans.Book of Shadows: A secret journal of spells,rituals, recipes,etc.
kept by a witch.

C

Candle magick: A sympathetic magick that uses colored candles to
represent the people/things at which the spell is directed.Cauldron: A small pot that represents the womb of the Goddess,and is
used forvarious purposes including brewing,burning incenses,and
holding herbs.Censer: A fireproof incenser burner used in magickal rituals.Chakra: Any of the seven special points of psychic energy located
within the human body.Charm: A highly magickal object that works like an amulet or talisman
to counteract misfortune.Cone of Power: The ritual act of visualizing energy in the form of a
spiral light rising from the magick circle and directing it
towards a specific goal or task.Covenstead: The place where a coven regularly meets.

D

Deosil: Clockwise movement.Divination: Science of discovering the unknown and foretelling events
of the future by interpreting omens,Tarot cards,astrology,etc.

E

Enchantment: Magick act of bewitching or casting a spell upon someone
or something.Esbat: Celebration/rites held at night mainly on Full Moons.Evocation: Summoning a spirit or entity by using spells or words of
power.

F

Familiar: An attendant spirit that appears in the form of an animal.

G

Glyph: Sacred or magickal symbol.Grimoire: A magickal workbook.

H

Handfast: Marry,marriage Henge: A sacred enclosure for outdoor rituals,usually made of stone,
though occasionally of large wooden markers.

I

Incantation: Ritual recitation of words of power usually rhymed in order
to produce a magickal effect.Initiation: A ritual in which the individual is accepted into a higher
ranking (reflecting a greater level of understanding and knowledge)
before his/her coven members and before the Gods.

K

Karma: The law of cause and effect that applies to all our actions and
their consequences in this life or in future incarnations.

L

Left-handed path: Refers to using magick and metaphysical studies for
bad or wrong-doing.

M

Mantra: A sacred chant or sound in toned silently as part of a meditaiton
ritual,often to achieve union with Divinity.Meditation: A technique of mind-control that promotes a feeling of
tranquility and peacefulness.

P

Pagan: From the Latin word Paganus,meaning a "country dweller"
the Church uses it as a derogatorily to describe any person who
is not Christian,Jew or Moslem.
A follower of a polytheistic religion.Pentacle: The ceremonial tool on the altar which symbolizes Earth.It's
usually round and incribed with a pentagram.Pentagram: A traditional symbol of the 5-pointed star used for protection
or for other magickal purposes.Polytheism: Belief or worship of more than one god.

R

Rede: A rule or creed.Reincarnation: The repeated birth of the same soul in different physical
bodies.Right-handed path: Using magickal and metaphysical studies for constructive
ends.Rune: Ancient alphabet using symbols with great meaning.

S

Sabbat: Any of eight Wiccan festivals that celebrate the transition
of each season.Scrying: Practice of interpreting the future past or present from
images seen while gazing into a crystal ball,candle flame,pool
of water,or a mirror.Solitary: A witch who practices magick without belonging to a coven.Spell: A way of working magick to make things happen.Summerland: Paradise that is the land between lives where the soul can
rest between incarnations.

T

Tuatha De Damnu( Tuatha De Danaan): Some of the legendary races which
are said to have existed before the human race.(Faery Wicca)

W

Wicca: An old Saxon word meaning "magic worker".Now used as a synonym
for witchcraft and the Old Religion.Widdershins: Counter-clockwise movement